Annexes to the FY2026-2027 General Budget: Statement of Reasons, Macroeconomic Framework, Public Investment and Credit Tables (Le Moniteur, Special No. 49-A)

Le Moniteur Special No. 49-A of Thursday, October 1, 2026 publishes the annexes to the General Budget of the Republic of Haiti for fiscal year 2026-2027, issued in the name of the Council of Ministers. The annexes open with the statement of reasons, signed by the Minister of Economy and Finance in Port-au-Prince on September 29, 2026. It frames the draft budget as one of stabilization and gradual recovery, prepared under the Prime Minister's framework letter of August 10, 2026 with the Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation.

The statement sets three government priorities: public security and national defense, with HTG 61.5 billion allocated, close to 15.8% of the draft budget; the organization of elections and institutional restoration, with HTG 8.6 billion of exceptional spending, compared with HTG 5.9 billion in the amended 2025-2026 budget; and economic recovery, social protection and territorial relance, with capital spending and about HTG 70 billion for flagship public investment projects. It also lists tax and customs measures, including an expected HTG 1.5 billion a month of additional customs revenue from the Evergreen and NC Group consortium, subject to full operation. The overall total is HTG 401.20 billion, 11.3% above the amended 2025-2026 budget, with total revenue of HTG 262.9 billion and an overall balance including grants of HTG -32.04 billion, financed mainly by net domestic financing including Treasury bills of HTG 35.18 billion. The statement refers to the fourth review of the IMF staff-monitored program.

The macroeconomic framework note covers 2026-2029. It estimates a real GDP decline of 1.5% in 2025-2026, the eighth consecutive year of contraction, after declines of 4.2% in 2023-2024 and 2.7% in 2024-2025, and projects growth of 0.2% for 2026-2027, with year-end inflation of 14.9%, fiscal pressure of 4.4% of GDP and monetary financing of HTG 4.2 billion. The medium-term path has growth of 0.7% in 2028 and 0.9% in 2029 and inflation of 13.6% and 12.2%. It reviews the international environment, recent economic developments, the 2025-2026 situation to August 2026, and the social and migration situation.

The rest of the issue, to page 272, holds tables: the public investment program, the functional classification of the budget, the geographic distribution of credits, credits by ministry and institution, and headcount and payroll of the public service with the distribution of posts by ministry. It closes with the detail of credits for public interventions, totaling HTG 37,571,193,706, compared with HTG 34,513,876,911 in 2025-2026.